Explorers
At the Beginning
The World at that Time
Reading the World
Vocabulary
100

Founded North America,  sailed to the Bahamas

Who is Columbus

100

How did the first "Americans" get to North America

What is the Bering Land Bridge

100

Who were the 2 superpowers at that time

What is Portugal and Spain

100

What did the people believe about the world before early explorers

What is the world was flat

100

CONQUISADOR

What is a Spanish Explorer/Soldier

200

He discovered South America and America was named for him

How is Amerigo Vespucci

200

How did the merchants reach Asia by land--SPECIFIC NAME

What is the Silk Road
200

Name 3 reasons early merchants wanted to trade in Asia

What is gold, silver, spices,  salt,  silk, rubies,  jewels,  curosity

200

What is the directional sequence of a map, starting at the TOP

What is North, East, South, West

200

CARAVEL

What is New type of Sailing Boat
300

He was the first to reach Asia by ship around Africa

Vasco DeGama

300

What country was Henry the Navigator from

What is Portugal

300

What current countries to both Portugal and Spain find large amounts of gold

Portugal--Brazil   Spain--Peru,  Central America, Mexico

300

What is the name of each of the 4 quadrants of the world

What is a Hemisphere

300

BERING LAND BRIDGE

What is piece of land where Indians came from Asia into Alaska

400

They made friends with the Native Americans and settled in Canada

Who are the French

400

Name 3 accomplishments of Henry the Navigator

What is Build observatory,  sailing school,  new compass,  designed new ship,  put money into mapmaking

400

Who wrote the Line of Demarcation

Who is the Pope

400

What are the lines called that make a grid pattern on the globe

What is Latitude and Longtitude

400

COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE

What is exchange of goods between Americas and Europe, Asia and Africa

500

He was the first to find the Pacific Ocean by way of South America

Who is Vasco Balboa

500

Where were the Vikings from

What is Scandinavia:  Sweden, Denmark, Finland 

500

How did the Pope make Portugal ok with the Line of Demarcation:  SPECIFIC

What is moved the line 800 miles to the west

500

What hemisphere do we live

What is Northwest

500
LINE OF DEMARCATION

What is line Pope divided world in half for Portugal and Spain